Find Your Local, State, or National YHEC Event

YHEC at the local level is a basic introduction for youth who are interested in hunting. State YHEC events are at an intermediate level and require youth to have completed a hunter safety course. Local and state YHEC events must feature at least one of the following responsibility/educational events and one of the following shooting events:

Responsibility Events

NRA Youth Hunter Education Challenge participant in an orange cap with a clip board in the wilderness.

Hunter Responsibility Exam

Test your knowledge of hunter safety, ethics, responsibility and laws

Back of a hunter in blaze orange holding a shotgun with the sun in the background

Hunter Safety Trail

Demonstrate your knowledge of safe hunting practices in various hunting situations

Orienteering

Prove you know how to navigate a course utilizing a map and compass

Wildlife Identification

Identify tracks, hides, feathers, and signs of North American wildlife

Shooting Events

Young men wearing ear protection shooting scoped rifles at a range.

.22 Rifle

Utilize a .22 rifle to shoot at action-type or life-size game targets

Shotgun

Demonstrate your shotgun shooting skills across multiple hunters' clay stations

Young man in red shirt shooting a muzzleloading rifle next to a fence.

Muzzleloader

Use a muzzleloading rifle with open sights to shoot at action-type or life-size game targets

Archery

Walk through a course with life size animal targets

Date	Local, State, or National	Location	City	State	Contact
July 20-26, 2025	National	Benton County Quail Barn	Bentonville	Arkansas	Gary Jobe [email protected] 713-253-7914
August 9, 2025	State	Capital Area Sportsmen's League	Lansing	Michigan	Sara Possehn [email protected] 616-477-3083
September 13, 2025	Local	Spearhead Sportsman Complex / Dixon Range	Clintwood	Virginia	Crystal Winebarger [email protected] 276-254-3605
October 11, 2025	State	Arlington Sportsman's Club	Mansfield	Texas	Jeanette Hammonds [email protected] 817-915-4293

Want To Know More

For more information about YHEC, contact Youth Hunter Education at (844) 221-8861 or [email protected]

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